Discover other editions. Buy Now. Summary of Fundamentals of Investment Management From publisher: Presenting applied theory alongside real-world examples, Fundamentals of Investment Management provides a survey of the important areas of investments: valuation, the marketplace, fixed income instruments and markets, equity instruments and markets, derivative instruments, and a cross-section of special topics, such as international markets and mutual funds.
Related Books. He was inducted into the U. Mary Coulter PhD, University of Arkansas held different jobs including high school teacher, legal assistant, and city government program planner before completing her graduate work. She is currently a professor emeritus of management at Missouri State University.
David A. He has been at Coastal since when he took over leadership of the E. Craig Wall Sr. College of Business. As president, Dr. DeCenzo has implemented a comprehensive strategic planning process, ensured fiscal accountability through policy and practice, and promoted assessment and transparency throughout the University.
Before joining the Coastal faculty in , he served as director of partnership development in the College of Business and Economics at Towson University in Maryland. Exhibit shows the five components of the external environment. What is the Economy Like Today? After several years in crisis mode, the U. Global trade continues to be sluggish.
Some analysts wonder if this is an indicator that the world economy is becoming less connected. From the Past to the Present Just how much difference does a manager make in how an organization performs? Management theory proposes two perspectives in answering this question: the omnipotent view and the symbolic view.
The Omnipotent View maintains that managers are directly responsible for the success or failure of an organization. Reality suggests a synthesis — managers are neither helpless nor all powerful. Teaching Tips: Questions for students to consider: Why do you think these two perspectives on management are important? How are these views similar? What Role Do Demographics Play? Demographics, the characteristics of a population used for purposes of social studies,.
Demographic characteristics of concern to organizations include: age, income, sex,. Age is a particularly important demographic for managers since the workplace often.
As the children of the Baby Boomers, this age group is large in number and making its imprint on external environmental conditions as well. Gen Z is huge — those. This is the most diverse and multicultural of any generation in the United States. One of the important organizational factors affected by changes in the external environment is jobs and employment. For example, economic downturns result in higher unemployment and place constraints on staffing and production quotas for managers.
Not only does the external environment affect the number of jobs available, but it also impacts how jobs are managed and created. Changing conditions can create demands for more temporary work and alternative work arrangements. Technology includes the equipment, tools, or operating processes to make work more efficient. In some cases, human labor has been replaced by electronic and computer equipment.
Technology has also impacted information enabling work to be done anywhere and anytime. In turn, management is impacted by technology while attempting to manage virtual employees in the way they plan, organize, lead and control.
Teaching Tips: Many students assume that the loss of jobs to technology is a bad thing. What they may not think about are the positives dynamics that technology can create for the average worker.
Questions for students to consider: Is management easier or harder with all the available technology? What benefits does technology provide and what problems does technology pose for a employees and b managers? Degree of change is characterized as being dynamic or stable.
In a dynamic environment, components of the environment change frequently. The degree of environmental complexity is the number of components in an. If the number of components and the need for sophisticated knowledge is minimal,.
If a number of dissimilar components and a high need for sophisticated knowledge exist, the environment is complex. Because uncertainty is a threat to organizational effectiveness, managers try to. See Exhibit for an identification of some of the most common stakeholders. Stakeholder relationship management is important for two reasons:. A Question of Ethics A popular mobile traffic software app by Google has law enforcement officers across the country worried.
The app provides real time traffic guidance and warnings about traffic congestion, construction zones, speed traps, stalled vehicles, unsafe weather conditions, and so on. Law enforcement groups are asking Google to turn off the feature that warns drivers when police are nearby, arguing that it puts their officers at risk for attack.
To date, there has been no connection between the use of the app and attacks, and Google has worked with the New York City Police Department and others by sharing information. Questions for students to consider: Is there are ethical issue here?
Why or why not? What stakeholders might have a vested interest in this issue and what do you think their position might be? How can identifying stakeholders help a manager decide the most responsible approach?
Just as individuals have a personality, so too, do organizations.
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